Tenerife Scuba Diving

SCUBA diving Tenerife is firstly a pleasant experience because of the climate. The average annual temperature is 20ºC (68°F) in winter and 23ºC (73°F) in summer. Water temperature varies between 17ºC (63°F) and 25ºC (77°F).

Tenerife belongs to a group of islands known as the Canary Islands. As the Canaries are volcanic islands, Tenerife’s underwater landscape is unusual and stunning. When diving Tenerife sites you will witness bizarre looking rock formations and caves and see varied marine life: amberjacks, barracudas, conger eels, groupers, moray eels, rays and tuna all inhabit Tenerife diving zones.

There are numerous Tenerife SCUBA diving clubs and centres when you can hire equipment or, if you are not qualified, undertake Tenerife diving courses.

What are the Best Tenerife Diving Sites?

Scuba diving in Tenerife offers up some great sites. Below are a few locations that make Tenerife diving a must:

  • The Condesito Shipwreck
    The Condesito was an old transport ship which was carrying cement bags. The wreck itself is quite broken up but well worth a visit for the teeming fish life residing inside.
  • The Rays
    The Rays offers a profound Tenerife diving experience. The name of this Tenerife diving site itself rather gives the game away: expect to see dozens of rays here. The Rays also has a soft coral reef and an old wreck to peruse.
  • The Palm-Mar Cave
    A relatively deep dive this is a great site for diving in Tenerife. The face of the cave teems with resident moray eels, but exploration of the cave itself is forbidden: the current can be strong and several divers have perished there.
  • The Steps
    These are a series of basalt platforms dropping down to about 30m. If you are scuba diving here you will likely see hundreds of grunt fish, trumpet fish and trigger fish as well as truly stunning volcanic reefs.
  • The Coral Arch
    The Coral Arch is actually a series of impressive coral arches. Diving this Tenerife site you will see bizarre volcanic formations, amberjacks, rays, morays and maybe an angel shark or two.

Diving in many places in Spain is a truly worthwhile experience offering all types of conditions, temperatures, marine life and climate. If you are more interested in temperate waters all year round, you could do a lot worse than consider scuba diving Tenerife sites for your vacation.